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Sovereign | 
 enlarge | Author: C. J. Sanson
Publisher: Macmillan
Category: Book
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Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 745781
Media: Paperback
Pages: 380
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.9
ISBN: 1405088575
EAN: 9781405088572
ASIN: 1405088575
Publication Date: 2006
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 Another great read by CJ Sansom January 7, 2009
A. L. Mcleod (Scotland)
This is another great read by CJ Sansom. As Matthew Shardlake travels to Yorkshire there are some interesting encounters ahead! The author brings to life the wide cultural differences, the religious and political problems and difficulties of distance in Tudor England. I particularly enjoyed the details of the huge Court following the King around the country. Highly recommended.
 A Gripping Read! November 25, 2008
Canny Yatton (Yorkshire)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The plot of this very readable and exciting novel is based on actual historical doubt about the validity of King Henry VIII's claim to the throne. Sansom very convincingly conveys the web of suspicion and fear in which his hero finds himself caught. Torture and execution threaten all who conspire against the King and the novel reveals how complex and dangerous the political and religious situation was.
Also shown is the terrible hardship suffered by ordinary people as a result of the dissolution of the monasteries and the understandable anger against the reformist `southrons' who descend on York as part of The Progress. This picture brings to life the upheaval and excitement caused by King Henry's arrival with 3,000 soldiers, courtiers, servants and whores: the sounds, the smells and everywhere the mud.
The reader appreciates the historical authenticity; the characters, some real and some fictional, blend comfortably with each other.
It is difficult to create dialogue which gives a Tudor flavour without being tiresome, and there were some jarring modernisms, but the balance was nicely done on the whole. Don't expect the finest prose and do expect occasionally to wish for a pruning-hook. And do you agree that Jennet Marlin must have been a big strong girl to carry out her various deadly acts?!
 Diverting but doesn't cut the mustard September 20, 2008
Elizabeth Taylor (France)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have not read any other works by the author so for me this is the first time I've met the character. The cover caught my attention, and as I enjoy detective novels and historical fiction, this looked the book for me.
The basic storyline is that our central character, a lawyer, is ordered to assist with some legal proceedings which take place during Henry VIII's progress to the north or more particularly York. The place in time is just after the great Northern Rebellion and during his marriage to the young and flakey Katherine Howard. The lawyer accidentally discovers some documents in a box, which as they implicate the legitimacy of the King's right to be king are highly contentious, as a result of the discovery there are attempts on his life. The detective component is his un-covering of not only the meaning and importance of the documents ,of which he only read a small part, but also who is behind the attempts on his life.
As a historical novel I felt there was not enough development of the themes behind the rebellion or the motives of Henry VIII and that means the surrounding characters are a little wooden, and, therefore not totally convincing. This area of our past is somewhat difficult to comprehend as those days of religious fervor are somewhat remote and complex. The major themes are brushed over and the daily grime and grot of Tudor England was also not conveyed so it didn't make me feel what it was like to be alive then. There were some fascinating insights into how the progress worked on a day to day basis trundling slowly like a giant greedy insect through England eating and devouring as it went on its merry way. As a detective/thriller it doesn't work that well as there is simply not enough action. The incidents as they occur are very few and far between with the filler being the descriptions of the progress, the surrounding characters and fat, bloated Henry hovering, menacingly somewhere in the background. I kept on faithfully reading each day waiting for the big crime but it never came. And most disappointingly half way through it became obvious to me who the culprit was and I kept on wanting to shout out its them, its them.
I did however faithfully read through right to the end as to be fair to the author I was interested enough to want to read how all the loose ends were tied together. The last 20 pages where its all explained are more captivating but ultimately I was not grabbed by the characters or story.
The best Shardlake yet. August 15, 2008
Carole (Bristol UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having read the previous Matthew Shardlake novels I was eager to read this one. I wasn't disappointed - it is easily the best one yet.
What I liked most was the brilliant evocation of the cruelty of Tudor England. The religious fanaticism has been done before, as has the treachery and power politics along with the corruption, but the way these were all melded together and the thorny subject of judicial torture thrown in it made the story basically become a lot darker.
The idea of the events taking place within the enclosed world of the Royal Progress was a nice way of taking a murder mystery staple plot device and making it relevant to the period, a kind of Tudor "Murder on the Orient Express" if you like.
CL Sansom is a very good writer, he keeps the suspense up well and uses a lot of period detail. overall excellent, although I have to admit working out who the killer was quite a way before the end, even if I hadn't worked out exactly all the details.
 Very Disappointing! August 7, 2008
S. Schmeitz (Ireland)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
most of the positive reviews of this book must be coming from C.J.Sansom fans and in fairness the first two and the fourth novel of the Shradlake series are brilliant.
This third sequel though appears to have been part of a publisher's deal that had to be written without the author's heart in it.
The story is dragging on endlessly without many peaks, Shardlake is completely out of his wits and not himself. There are MANY mistakes like one minute he is riding, next sentence he is not, then he decides to wear a dagger in future and only the following sentence he is wearing one without having had the opportunity to obtain it. There are dozens of those minor mistakes which really annoy me especially since they appear within 2 subsequent sentences. This book is badly written and the story of stale. You can safely skip this one and proceed with 4th sequel.
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